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Charles Brantley Aycock, (sculpture). Artist:  Borglum, Gutzon, 1867-1941, sculptor. American Art Foundry, founder. Title:  Charles Brantley Aycock, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Governor Charles Brantley Aycock Memorial, (sculpture). Dates:  Commissioned 1922. Dedicated March 31, 1924. Medium:  Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite. Inscription:  (On base, just below bronze figure:) AYCOCK Description:  A standing figure of Governor Charles Aycock in an oratorical pose with his proper right hand clinched as if making a point. The figure of Aycock stands in a central bay within a tall granite niche that is flanked by granite wings adorned with bronze relief plaques. The relief on one side depicts an educational scene from Aycock's life, and the relief on the other side depicts great thinkers and leaders in world history. Notable quotes from the governor are inscribed below each plaque and on the back of each granite wing. All of the quotes speak of Aycock's passion for education and public service. Subject:  Portrait male -- Aycock, Charles Brantley -- Full length Occupation -- Political -- Governor Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- North Carolina -- Raleigh Sculpture Owner:  North Carolina State Capitol, Raleigh, North Carolina Remarks:  Charles Brantley Aycock (1859-1912) collapsed and died from a massive heart attack while addressing the Alabama Educational Association in Birmingham, Alabama on April 4, 1912. Aycock was known as the "education" governor because of his strong interest in education and the construction of new school buildings. The memorial was funded with contributions from North Carolina school children, and an appropriation by the North Carolina General Assembly. The sculpture originally stood on the south side of Union (Capitol) Square, but was later relocated to the west end of a seventy-five yard long memorial mall installed as part of a landscaping plan introduced in the mid-1920s by the Olmsted Brothers of Boston. One of Borglum's flanking bronze plaques was removed from the memorial in the 1930s and was sent to Aycock's hometown of Goldsboro, NC. The plaque depicting great thinkers and leaders in world history (artist unknown; cast by American Art Foundry) was substituted. References:  Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985 State of North Carolina, North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources, 1978. "Heroes & Heroines on Union Square," Raleigh, North Carolina: State Capitol Foundation, Inc., 1983, no. 5. Inventory staff, 2000. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAS 75006502   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 75006502 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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